I am an avid backyard bird watcher.
Away from home, I’m more of a bird listener.
I hear them everywhere.

Listen, notes from the field is a personal investigation into the sounds of birds; what the vocalizations mean and how they differ from bird to bird. Utilizing a “sit spot” routine allowed the natural world to unfold before my eyes and ears in a way I’d never experienced in the years of exploring trails on foot in a nearby wildland park. In a comfortable spot in nature I sit, slow down and observe to discover the wonder in the moment.

Stop. Sit. Listen.

Listen: notes from the field was printed in the winter, spring and summer of 2023–2024 at Pie in the Sky Press in Simi Valley, California by Rebecca Chamlee on the Vandercook Universal III power press using handset Deepdene and Futura and assorted wood type on Zerkall text wove and Nideggen papers.

Included in the book are 15 letterpress printed bird portraits. The original photographs were shot out the studio window with a Nikon 850 with a Nikkor 500mm telephoto lens and printed in four colours using photo polymer plates.

The book is case-bound, covered in Dubletta book cloth, with printed Bugra endsheets. It is stored in a hinged box with a companion volume, Listen to the Corvids and includes an Audubon bird call.

Listen to the Corvids is printed on Rives heavyweight paper with wood and metal type and photo polymer plates and sewn into a St Armand handmade paper cover utilizing a multiple pamphlet sewing.